Improvement in plaited trimmings



nena eine eine @peut Letters Patent No. 105,095, am .'uzy 5, 1870.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the sama To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that-I, FREDERIC A. KURSHEEDT, of

New York, in the county of New York and State of I New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Method of Plaiting Tri inmings; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, 'and exact description thereof, reference \being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of' reference marked thereon, which form a part 0f this specification.

The nature of my -invention consists in the construction of a new plaited trimming suitable for ladies and ohildrens wear, shirt-fronts, &c.

In order to enable' others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction, referring to theannexed drawings, in which- Figure l is a view showing the fabric doubled on itself, the edges meeting on the face of the goods and covered with insertion. y

The method of' manufacturing this trimming is -as follows:

The material is cut up lengthwise into long strips' double the width desired for the finished article. Each strip is then folded lengthwise in such' a manner that' the edges meet on one face of the article.

The strips, afterbeing thus folded, are to be plaited crosswise, either by hand or suitable mechanism, and

` afterward stitched lengthwise in one or morerows to keep the plaits in place.v

The two open edges of the material arethen 'covered by having a band or.an insertion sewed over them.

placing the open edges at one' side,l and binding or covering the same, as above mentioned.

It will be observed that the material of which the trimming is composed is used double instead of single.

The advantages of my improvement are, that it dis-A penses with the necessity of hemming the edges, which hemming-soon washes out, a'nd interferes with theproper pla-itingof the goods;` and that the double thickness renders the article lfar-stronger and more 4 durable.

Having thus fully described my invention,

That I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isi- A plaited trimming made of a fabric folded -upon itself, so a's to be doubled, its edges meeting at lany desired point on one 'face of the article, and .being v covered by a tape, insertion, or other suitable material,

substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my o'wn, I affix my `signature in presence 'of two witnesses. l FREDERIC A. KURSHEEDT.

Witnesses:

THOMAS MILLnR, I. B. KURsHEED'r.

The material may, if so desired, be folded in half, 

